When I arrived on the beach last night for the 6PM swim a big front had just blown through. Air temperatures dropped from 102 to 79 in a half hour. We could see a thunderstorm over the lake to the north and the bay was full of whitecaps. Some of the crew was there: Jack Frost, Cap'n, Dave, Not Dave's wife, but we decided to play safe and not swim.

When we returned in the morning the water was quite rough, but nothing we haven't dealt with before, and despite the forecast for possible thunderstorms, radar showed none in the area. Most of us did a short swim to garage and back, which was plenty tough in the rough water. When we got out, to our surprise it started to rain and we could hear thunder in the distance. Flipper and Stephan were still in the water, but they didn't hear the thunder over the crash of waves.

Luckily the thunderstorm kept it's distance, but this morning was a reminder that sometimes thunderstorms can pop up out of nowhere, so keep your eyes on the sky if there's any threat.

Kim, we always swim out of Klode Beach in Whitefish Bay. It has a parking lot and the walk down to the beach is easy. The shoreline north of the rock piles is sand, so access in and out is easy. Check the blog on Friday, as the Captain and or Patriarch post times for weekend swims. Have a good a swim.